TATTS BREEZE-UP SALE ON TAP HEADLINE p7 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, APR. 14, 2004 PULPIT COLT SETS THE BAR AT KEENELAND RECORDS FALL AT EASTER OPENER Just when it looked like the million-dollar extrava- Australian bloodstock sales arguably came of age and ganza which had set the tone at the year’s three previ- cemented a place on a global stage at Newmarket Tues- ous juvenile sales would fail to materialize at Keeneland, day, with the generous legacy of iconic pair Robert hip 124, a bay colt by Pulpit out Sangster and Danehill apparent during an unprece- of Canadian stakes winner In My dented first session of the three-day blue riband Inglis Cap (Vice Regent), reeled in a Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney. cool $3.3-million at yesterday’s Danehill averaged an astonishing April Two-Year-Olds In Training A$896,875 for eight sold as buy- Sale. The final bid smashed the ers flocked to his last Southern previous Keeneland record of $2 Hemisphere-conceived draft, con- million set in 1999 and is the tributing to a record average of second highest price ever paid for A$206,259 for 137 sold. Trainer a juvenile at auction. Aisling Lee Freedman outstayed under- Cross-Duignan, representing Top Filly - Lot 165 bidders including international Coolmore advisor Demi O’Byrne, Coolmore Australia photo agents Adrian Nicoll and Marie Hip 124 Horsephotos saw off Kendall-Jackson wine Debeusscher-Yoshida to secure master Jess Jackson to secure the much-prized Danehill--Prawn Cocktail colt for an the May 19 foal from the family of GISW Albert the Australian record A$2.2 million. Freedman would not Great. The bay represents yet another pinhooking coup reveal details of the syndicate behind the purchase, but for bloodstock agent Mike Ryan, who gave just Coolmore Australia manager Michael Kirwan indicated $170,000 for the colt at last year’s Keeneland Septem- that Coolmore would remain a shareholder. “This horse ber Sale. Like the Stephen Got Even colt, pinhooked by has a lot of appeal, internationally, on pedigree, and a Ryan for $3.1 million at Fasig-Tipton Calder, he was lot of people could see the value in him,” said Freed- consigned by Niall Brennan. “He is an outstanding man. “I don't know that there will be any higher than horse,” Brennan boasted. “He showed tremendous him; there is no better colt in the sale. Danehill and I ability and we thought very highly of him all year. He is have had a great relationship over the years, and I think a picture of the athlete.” Added Ryan, “He was a late it is probably fitting that I train one of his really good foal and his body had to catch up. He was like a teen- sons down here that has gone through the ring.” Asked ager, but all the parts were there. He’s grown up physi- how much higher he was prepared to go, Freedman cally and muscled up.” (Cont. p2) said, “I was down on my knees.” (Cont. p6) KEENELAND APRIL STATISTICS INGLIS EASTER YEARLING SALE TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2004 TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2004 SESSION TOTALS 2004 2003 No. Offered 183 197 SESSION TOTALS 2004 2003 No. Sold 101 127 No. Offered 177 200 RNAs 82 70 No. Sold 137 138 % RNA 45% 35% RNAs 40 62 Gross $22,012,000 $21,375,000 % RNA 22.6% 31% Average (% change) $217,941 (+29.5%) $168,307 Gross A$28,257,500 A$18,184,500 Median (% change) $135,000 (+35%) $100,000 Average (% change) A$206,259 (+56.5%) A$131,772 www.keeneland.com www.inglis.com.au Before owner Robert LaPenta and trainer Nick Zito made Toyota Blue Grass Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby contender THE CLIFF’S EDGE (G1) a star, he was a Taylor Made Graduate. TAYLOR MADE Before he was a Taylor Made Graduate, www.taylormadefarm.com he was Stonerside Stables’ pride and joy. (859) 885-3345 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/14/04 • PAGE 2 of 8 Keeneland April cont. KEENELAND APRIL TWO-YEAR-OLDS Another Feather in Ryan’s Cap... TOP EIGHT COLTS The profitable sale of the Pulpit was one of several Hip Sire Dam Price ($) successful transactions on the afternoon for Mike Ryan, 124 Pulpit In My Cap 3,300,000 who also sold a Deputy Minister colt out of Date Stone ($170,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) for $450,000 (see p5) and a Grand Slam--Schematic B-Hermitage Farm LLC (Ky) filly for $460,000. Not one to rest on his laurels or on Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, agent I the abundance of success he’s had at juvenile sales this Purchased by Demi O’Byrne year, even he was surprised at how well the topper 232 Dixie Union Sneaky Quiet 1,400,000 sold. “We never dreamt he’d bring $3-million plus, but a ($160,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) lot of the top-end buyers were interested, so anything B-W S Farish & W Temple Webber (Ky) can happen,” he commented. “He really is a very strik- Consigned by Solitary Oak Farm (Danny Pate), agent ing horse. He is the complete package; physically, Purchased by Demi O’Byrne conformation, pedigree, he’s extremely impressive.” 208 Fusaichi Pegasus Rokeby Rosie 750,000 Added the colt’s consignor, “He is bred to be a classic ($900,000 yrl ‘03 FTSAUG) horse. This horse trains with a tremendous amount of B-Lynn B Schiff (Ky) presence. He has absolutely no holes.” Click here to Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for Phase I of the watch video of hip 124's Apr. 5 workout. Complete Dispersal of Jeanne G Vance Purchased by Buzz Chace, agt. for Aaron & Marie Jones The State of the Union... 239 Polish Numbers Student Wife 500,000 Team Coolmore was back in action later in the ses- B-B Lindner, C P Kimmel & P Solondz (Ky) sion when Aisling Duignan went up to $1.4 million for Consigned by Kirkwood Stables, agent V hip 232, a bay colt by Lane’s End’s freshman sire Dixie Purchased by Fusao Sekiguchi Union out of Sneaky Quiet 217 Saint Ballado Sapphire Beads 475,000 (Seeking the Gold), who won ($145,000 yrl ‘03 FTKJUL) the Florida Oaks and placed in B-McKee Stable (Ky) the GI Kentucky Oaks during Consigned by Tony Bowling/Bobby Dodd, agent her sophomore season. The Purchased by Buzz Chace, agt. for Aaron & Marie Jones immediate underbidder on the 75 Deputy Minister Date Stone 450,000 colt was New York bloodstock ($180,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) agent Brian Morgan, who was B-Mt Brilliant Farm (Ky) Hip 232 Horsephotos on the phone with client Jo- Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, agent I seph Allen. “The horse is the Purchased by Edgewood Stables (David Moore) complete package,” said Duignan, who was represent- 221 Pioneering Scorch 410,000 ing Demi O’Byrne, currently in Australia for the Inglis ($65,000 yrl ‘03 FTKJUL) Easter Sale. “We liked everything about him.” Con- B-Rosilyn Polan (Ky) signed by Solitary Oak Farm, headed by Danny Pate, Consigned by Robert N Scanlon, agent the May foal was sold to Robert Lapenta’s White Horse Purchased by R & B Lewis T’bred Racing LLC Stables for $160,000 at last year’s Keeneland Septem- 14 Unbridled’s Song Whatamiss 375,000 ber sale. The colt, a half brother to GSP Hidden Truth B-Pollock Farms & Taylor Made Farm Inc (Ky) (Danzig), recorded the co-fastest time for a quarter mile Consigned by Jessie & Stacie Longoria during the first breeze-up session April 5. Purchased by Y Sekiguchi Pulpit S Caress, by Storm Cat 2004 BOOK FULL 859.873.7053 x FAX: 859.873.5723 x www.threechimneys.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/14/04 • PAGE 3 of 8 Keeneland April cont. TOP SEVEN FILLIES Fulton Falls for Slew Filly... Hip Sire Dam Price ($) Stan Fulton, whose lime green silks will be carried 227 Seattle Slew She’s a Devil Due 800,000 aboard Fire Slam in Saturday’s GII Coolmore Lexington B-B Griggs, M Goetz & R Roncari (Ky) S. at Keeneland, went to $800,000 on behalf of his Consigned by Robert N Scanlon, agent Fleetwood/N.W. Management for hip 227, a filly from Purchased by Fleetwood/N.W. Management the final crop of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. The 111 Stravinsky Golden Pond (Ire) 500,000 dark bay filly is out of the graded stakes winner and B-Nakamura Chikusan Ltd (Ky) 2000 GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies third She’s a Consigned by Robert N Scanlon, agent Devil Due (Devil His Due). “She’s a classy individual,” Purchased by John Fort Fulton explained. “She really truly is. There is nothing 163 Siphon (Brz) Misty Music 500,000 not to like about her. She is a beautiful young lady. She ($60,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) galloped out strong and she’s out of a stakes winner. B-Greg Peach (Ky) That’s the kind you want to buy.” The filly, named Consigned by Nick de Meric, agent VII She’s a Devil Slew, worked a furlong Apr. 5 in :10 3/5. Purchased by Buzz Chace, agt. for Aaron & Marie Jones The youngster RNA’d at FTSAUG at $240,000. She’s A 220 Grand Slam Schematic 460,000 Devil Due won the GII Walmac Alcibiades S. at two ($180,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) prior to her Breeders’ Cup performance.